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With so many treats during the holiday season, it's easy to let your diet plummet. One sugar cookies leads to another...and another until you've realized you're closing to Santa-status. You could probably travel the world and eat all the cookies in one night too.  One important trick to preventing these sugar cravings is eating the right foods to make sure you're full throughout the day so you don't reach for the first thing in sight as soon as your mouth starts to water. (Speaking of water, you should also drink lots of water to hydrate you r body and prevent overeating!) Incorporate these eight superfoods into your diet to ward off the urge to overindulge. They're delicious , keep you satisfied ,  and  have many added benefits ! Lucky for you, you don't have to give up all of your favorite holiday temptations- dark chocolate is on list :)  Click on the images to get a closer look.  With all these amazing foods to enjoy, it really is the m...

Always in the spotlight, celebrities are faced with the constant pressure of looking good. Often times, this can lead to unhealthy behavior by the celebrities themselves or by the people idolizing them. On the other hand, there can be some tricks that we can learn from the stars. After all, they most likely have personal trainers telling them exactly what to do to achieve a body of a god/goddess. Before we begin, let me clear one thing up. If someone tells you their diet trick is to eat whatever they want, whenever they want, they're either 1) lying or 2) on the fast-track to diabetes. Some people are blessed with an insanely fast metabolism, but just because they're skinny doesn't mean they're healthy. By the way, if you're one of those people, 97% of the population probably hates you, and by that I mean absolutely envies you.  James Franco:  Clearly this kid is doing something right.  http://collegecandy.com/2012/03/29/candy-dish-what-happened-to-jame...